Grande has now reflected on the criticism over her voice change for the role of Glinda, who is a bubbly soprano, telling Vanity Fair: "There is a part of the world that isn’t familiar with what it takes to transform your voice, whether it’s singing or taking on a different dialect for a role or doing a character voice for something."

Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo landed the leads of the film adaptation of the Broadway show Wicked, with director Jon M. Chu revealing that he was hesitant to make the "easy" choice.